Package io.dropwizard.configuration

Interface ConfigurationFactory<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the configuration objects to produce

All Known Implementing Classes:

BaseConfigurationFactory, JsonConfigurationFactory, POJOConfigurationFactory, YamlConfigurationFactory

public interface ConfigurationFactory<T>

A generic interface for constructing a configuration object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
T	build()	Loads, parses, binds, and validates a configuration object from an empty document.
T	build(ConfigurationSourceProvider provider, String path)	Loads, parses, binds, and validates a configuration object.
default T	build(File file)	Loads, parses, binds, and validates a configuration object from a file.

Method Detail

build

T build(ConfigurationSourceProvider provider,
        String path)
 throws IOException,
        ConfigurationException

Loads, parses, binds, and validates a configuration object.

Parameters:

provider - the provider to to use for reading configuration files

path - the path of the configuration file

Returns:

a validated configuration object

Throws:

IOException - if there is an error reading the file

ConfigurationException - if there is an error parsing or validating the file

build

default T build(File file)
         throws IOException,
                ConfigurationException

Loads, parses, binds, and validates a configuration object from a file.

Parameters:

file - the path of the configuration file

Returns:

a validated configuration object

Throws:

IOException - if there is an error reading the file

ConfigurationException - if there is an error parsing or validating the file

build

T build()
 throws IOException,
        ConfigurationException

Loads, parses, binds, and validates a configuration object from an empty document.

Returns:

a validated configuration object

Throws:

IOException - if there is an error reading the file

ConfigurationException - if there is an error parsing or validating the file